A7N8X humming along now - better seti WU times!

[Wiz]

I've been improving the OC on my new motherboard/cpu/ram configuration and here are the results:

2003 Apr 03 09:28am 16.565,25.33 6.877 BLACKY 2:12
2003 Apr 03 07:10am 16.715,20.22 7.192 BLACKY 2:12
2003 Apr 03 04:53am 16.565,25.33 6.877 BLACKY 2:12
2003 Apr 03 02:36am 16.715,20.22 7.192 BLACKY 2:12
2003 Apr 03 12:19am 1.571,33.5 0.366 BLACKY 2:45
2003 Apr 02 09:12pm 1.219,18 0.417 BLACKY 2:35

I really like those High AR units

A7N8X Deluxe
XP1700+ Tbred b 0307 Running 178 x 11.5 @ 2T-2-2-6 timings (2050 mhz)
2 sticks HyperX PC 3000 256

EDIT: forgot to add, running seti it's temp is currently 43C

Edit again: Read that if you remove the jumper for cpu/fsb you might get better OCing - not being one to leave well enough alone it's now running Prime95 @ 179 x 11.5

 

[Assimilator1]

Hehe ,same clock as me

Wierd thing is I'm still getting slightly faster WU times ,I wonder if its the OS?

2003 Apr 03 18:02 4.852,8.36 1.164 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:10
2003 Apr 03 15:51 0.88,12.71 7.252 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:08
2003 Apr 03 13:43 0.597,8.98 5.7 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:08
2003 Apr 03 11:34 15.544,11.1 0.019 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:47
2003 Apr 03 08:47 6.062,24.87 1.671 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:09
2003 Apr 03 06:38 27.365,8.09 0.745 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:29
2003 Apr 03 04:08 24.976,15.9 0.429 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:28
2003 Apr 03 01:40 21.546,20.16 0.434 Assimilator1 Ath XP1700 @2.05GHz DCh DDR 2:28


Anyway ,still a nice fast rig you've got

what vcore have you got that at Wiz? ,mine is at 1.7v (reported as 1.75v) & my cpu is at 49C atm

 

[Wiz]

Yes, you are getting a few minutes per WU faster than me.
I've got a high vcore @ 1.85 right now. If I can get Prime95 stable then I will try lowering that a bit and run Prime again.

Funny, the time difference seems to be just about what you gained by going with dual channel, I wish there was a way to confirm that your memory is running dual channel.

 

[Wiz]

hmmm.... it's run 11.5 x 180 now for a while. Prime95 is chugging along.

Does this mobo maintain a 33mhz PCI bus no matter what the fsb?

In case anyone wonders removing the fsb/cpu jumper removed any multiplier choices above 12.5x
This isn't an issue for me because I want to get a higher fsb, not too concerned with the multiplier for now

 

[CraigRT]

I love NForce2 and the new XP CPU's... must.resist...ordering...

would I be stupid to buy an XP2500+ Barton or something similar and a Soltek NForce2 board over my EPoX 4PEA+ 2.4B @ 3GHz rig?

... cause I am seriously considering it.

 

[MoFunk]

you guys both have better times than me and I am running at 11.5x190. I wonder if I need to back off the FSB a bit..........:Q oh no, can't do that.......

 

[Wiz]

Yield, I usually try to justify the new stuff by selling off some "old" stuff.
I don't usually break even but the upgrades cost me less this way

Mofunk - are you running 2T-2-2-6 timings?
Is your AGP locked at 66?

Mine is now stable at 11.5 x 180

I tried 11.5 x 181 and got a reboot after about 15 minutes of Prime95. This is as high as she goes until I get the chipset cooler installed.

Removing the jumper on the cpu/fsb bought me a couple mhz!!

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: Yield
I love NForce2 and the new XP CPU's... must.resist...ordering...

would I be stupid to buy an XP2500+ Barton or something similar and a Soltek NForce2 board over my EPoX 4PEA+ 2.4B @ 3GHz rig?

... cause I am seriously considering it.

I can feel that my Epox 8RDA+ with 1700+ @ 2.1Ghz, and Samsung PC2700 DDR, is faster than my Asus P4PE, 2.4B @ 2.93, with same memory, hard drive (WD SE 80GB), GFX card (GF4 Ti 4200).

I wouldn't trade this AMD rig for an Intel rig, it's just so much faster than the P4 is, even with 800+MHz on the clockspeed!

If i were you, I'd go for a 1700+ or 2100+ Tbred B, and overclock it WAAAY high, because, from what i've heard, the Barton cores don't O/C as much, and the extra cache doesn't really warrant the increased price


Confused

 

[MoFunk]

Originally posted by: Wiz
Yield, I usually try to justify the new stuff by selling off some "old" stuff.
I don't usually break even but the upgrades cost me less this way

Mofunk - are you running 2T-2-2-6 timings?
Is your AGP locked at 66?

Mine is now stable at 11.5 x 180

I tried 11.5 x 181 and got a reboot after about 15 minutes of Prime95. This is as high as she goes until I get the chipset cooler installed.

Removing the jumper on the cpu/fsb bought me a couple mhz!!

I am at 2t-2-2-6 timings and my agp is locked ar 66. I am wondering if it's just that I have not gone through and disabled a bunch of the services that run by default. I am actually going to reload the OS anyway so I will see what I can come up with. I may try to drop down to 180 FSB, maybe I am stressing things too much and it is having an effect.

I ordered a chipset cooler yesterday and also one to cut up and attach to the mosfets. When I do that I will try the jumper trick and see what happens. These nforce boards with this 1700 tbred "B" are very nice arent they?

 

[Wiz]

Oh yeah, very nice!

I think I need to reload my OS also, but I guess I'll wait until I can safely button up the box and not tweak any more

 

[Confused]

Currently at 190FSB sync, 7-3-3-2, and 9.5x for 1.72GHz, ran Prime95 for 20 mins CPU time, and about 2hrs real time while playin BF1942, not a hiccup. Will try to bump the FSB and multiplier up a little, and reduce the timings, tho that will probably have to wait til tomorrow!


Confused

 

[soni]

Hey Wiz..

Where did your 8RDA+ go ??

Was it an error that you wrote you got the Epox, or did you switch?

Waiting to order an Epox 8RDA+ to I know I can get it with the C1(A1) stepping

 

[Wiz]

Soni, was that me? I never got an Epox mobo, but I did get a Newegg refurb A7N8X Deluxe

 

[MoFunk]

Originally posted by: soni

Waiting to order an Epox 8RDA+ to I know I can get it with the C1(A1) stepping

When my northbridge cooling set up get's here I am going to find out which one I have. Hope I was lucky!

 

[Wiz]

Well even though it ran Prime95 flawlessly for a long time at 11.5 x 180 I got some font corruption in a web browser. WHo can tell if it was related to OC or just bad software? Anyway I backed it off to 11.5 x 179 for now & will try some more after the chipset cooling is installed.

 

[Assimilator1]

Does this mobo maintain a 33mhz PCI bus no matter what the fsb?

yep
Re dual channel ,as long as they are in the right slots then you are in dual channel mode ,& you can confirm it using SSSandra ,it will show a slightly higher memory bandwidth than SC mode

 

[Wiz]

Yeah, I've been using Sanrda to guage this a little.
I got a nice bump going from 11x - 11.5x - see:

******************

11 x 180 2-2-2-6

DRY 2551
WHET 2429

cpu
7319 / 2931

******************

11.5 x 180 2-2-2-6
DRY 2754
WHET 2608

cpu
7688 / 3091

******************

 

[soni]

Originally posted by: Wiz
Soni, was that me? I never got an Epox mobo, but I did get a Newegg refurb A7N8X Deluxe

It might be me confusing things, but I have been following several treads about the HyperX RAM, and Epox boards...

Want to know if its the good stuff

In denmark HyperX is almost half price for PC3000 HyperX versus Corsair PC3000. :disgust:


/edit
Found the thread, and It was MoFunk who got a 8RDA+, where you got the CPU and the RAM

 

[MoFunk]

Originally posted by: soni

Originally posted by: Wiz
Soni, was that me? I never got an Epox mobo, but I did get a Newegg refurb A7N8X Deluxe

It might be me confusing things, but I have been following several treads about the HyperX RAM, and Epox boards...

Want to know if its the good stuff

In denmark HyperX is almost half price for PC3000 HyperX versus Corsair PC3000. :disgust:


/edit
Found the thread, and It was MoFunk who got a 8RDA+, where you got the CPU and the RAM

Too much going on!!! LOL Plus we have like 3 threads that eneded up almost being the same topics!

 

[Wiz]

Heheh... maybe I could start a new thread titled:

"Anybody get their chipset cooler installed on their Nforce2 mobo yet???"

Or I could just ask it here

 

[MoFunk]

Originally posted by: Wiz
Heheh... maybe I could start a new thread titled:

"Anybody get their chipset cooler installed on their Nforce2 mobo yet???"

Or I could just ask it here

LOL

Since you ask, mine should be here today.

On a side note do you happen to use Outlook XP? The reason I ask is I am having issues with Outlook XP and the only thing I can sttribute it to is the nforce drivers and am looking to see if anyone else has problems. Outlook will just stop in the middle of a send/receive and drop connection. I have been told it is the modem, but I can download and upload all night long. I have plugged a few of my mail accounts into express and that one will get them all. So it is wierd.

 

[Wiz]

heh... ATM I am having serious problems with everything related to Internet Explorer.
As you might be aware, Outlook uses IE - er, in MS speak "they are tightly integrated".
I pushed a bit too hard on the OC here and now IE is frelled so likewise is Outlook.
I wonder if I can uninstall and reinstall IE?

That being said I know of several people who have issues with Outlook XP, but I haven't heard that one before.
When it happens can you still browse with your Internet Browser?

 

[MoFunk]

I do not use IE so I have no idea. Interesting though I will have to check it out. I am going to test this a little and see if it's the nforce drivers.

 

[Smoke]

I have my Vantec CDC-A1C chipset coolers installed.

Really made a difference on the reported CPU Temperature for before the chipset cooler installation the 8RDA w/2400+ XP was running 49C. Temperature after installation feel to 41C.

It hasn't made that big of a difference to my OC which is a little disappointing. I've been trying clock speeds of 11.5 and 12.0. I can run at 200 FSB @ 11.5 but above 203 FSB my computer corrupts the OS.

TIP: I have used Partition Magic to create two partitions (2/3 and 1/3) and have used Ghost to create an image of the primary partition to the smaller secondary one. When my OS got corrupted, I would simply do a "Partition to Partition" restore that takes about 20 minutes. Sure beats reinstalling everything.

I have finally decided that I don't have one of the really great OCing versions of this board and have settled, for the moment, to the following:

Clock: 12
FSB: 197
Memory Settings (1X256 eXtreme 3200): 6:2:2:2.0
All fans at Max
Latest BIOS
All features not being used are turned off.

We can all monitor this computer HERE, "Smoke #9".

The TeAm Smokeball SetiQueue currently has 50 WU Results pending. My wife is currently playing Spider Solitaire on it so the next couple of WUs may be a little on the slow side.

 

[Wiz]

That's looking pretty good Greg, those of us with the A7N8X boards can't seem to go over 178fsb without corruption - except the ones who are doing volt mods or extreme cooling. I think my WU's are averaging 15 to 20 minutes longer than yours currently.
Maybe I will see a better bump than you with the chipset cooling